Can't view cPanel from behind firewall

jameson5555

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3+ Months Ago

I just signed up for a new reseller hosting account and I can't get to the control panel from behind my company's firewall.. Has anyone found a good workaround for this? Proxies don't seem to be doing the trick.

Suikolove

Newbie

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3+ Months Ago

I like to think that workplaces have a firewall that prevents access to certain sites for a reason and working around it could result in negative effects, and it's not worth losing your job over accessing your cPanel even when you're not at home.

Besides, I've never known a firewall that can actually block websites.

Your best bet would be to search Google for one of those block remover sites.

jameson5555

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3+ Months Ago

Suikolove wrote:

I like to think that workplaces have a firewall that prevents access to certain sites for a reason

I think that's debatable, knowing the network guys here...

Suikolove wrote:

Besides, I've never known a firewall that can actually block websites.

What happens is that they block ports 2086 and 2087, which are the ones required for cPanel to load.

jameson5555

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3+ Months Ago

Ok, so after some more research, here's a better question:

Has anyone tried using cpanelproxy? It seems to be a way to bypass the firewall by going through port 80.

http://cpanelproxy.net/

InfluxHost

Newbie

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3+ Months Ago

Jameson,

cPanelProxy should work for you. You'll need to install it onto your hosting directory, and then use http://www.yourdomain.com/whm to access WHM.

Greg

jameson5555

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3+ Months Ago

InfluxHost wrote:

Jameson,

cPanelProxy should work for you. You'll need to install it onto your hosting directory, and then use http://www.yourdomain.com/whm to access WHM.

Greg

Cool, thanks for the tip. I installed PHP Coin and I think I should be able to access that from behind the firewall, so I might be ok for now, depending on how much it can do. Seems to be pretty powerful software from what I've read so far.

penguin

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3+ Months Ago

I do like the comment about it's not worth losing your job. Just work on the website from when you get home.

jadvd

Born

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3+ Months Ago

I also want to know how could I get more traffic by promoting my website through forum. If you have any list of suggested readings or e-books please inform.

penguin

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3+ Months Ago

well to promote your site here are some usefull ways.

1. High traffic forums ( ozzu.com )

2. Paid advertising ( Bidvertiser, google adds )

3. Affiliate ( Make deals with other sites )

VP-Kaumil

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3+ Months Ago

jameson5555 wrote:

I think that's debatable, knowing the network guys here...

Have them unblock it?

joebert

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3+ Months Ago

Quote:

What happens is that they block ports 2086 and 2087, which are the ones required for cPanel to load.

Geez I wonder why they do that. It's not like anything other than CPanel uses those ports.